Opinion Stories from August 10, 2012 (Change date)
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Know the pitfalls of for-profit schoolsAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - For-profit schools have been in the news a lot lately, and it generally has not been good press. In my office, we know many of the horror stories from students who have ...
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Please explain change in homeowner exemptionAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - We all expected our property tax bills this year to go up, particularly since the assessed values bear little or no relationship to the market values of the property, bu...
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Chick-fil-A fray comes down to moneyAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - Your article on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day left out two important facts. First, only in the political spin zone did the Chick-fil-A hubbub become about the First Amend...
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Romney’s statement driven by donation?Aug 10, 2012 5:00 am - Last week, Mitt Romney told Israel that he would move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. This act has been rejected by every president, Republican and Democrat, for 40 years...
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Other groups step up with loss of Y-MeAug 10, 2012 1:22 pm - As a cancer survivor and director of an agency in the field of cancer support and wellness, I was saddened to hear about the closing of Y-Me, a nationally-recognized can...
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Remembering 1912 Olympian as a heroAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - This being an Olympic year, I have seen no mention, as yet, of the 100th anniversary of one of the greatest Olympic events in its history — Jim Thorpe’s victories in the...
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Garbage pickup works, don’t fix itAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - There was a recent article in the Daily Herald, regarding outsourcing garbage collection witch the residents will have to vote on this issue. I believe this is a great i...
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Editorial: It’s not violence but common humanity that defines usAug 10, 2012 7:19 am - Much argument can be made about guns and violence in America today in the wake of the murderous shooting spree near Milwaukee last weekend, and that debate is legitimate...
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Not the right time to build Town CenterAug 10, 2012 1:22 pm - On July 24 the Daily Herald reported that the Village of Wheeling trustees just approved in a 6:1 vote to spend $120 million dollars last Monday for building the Town Ce...
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Proud to know nurse who ran 314 milesAug 10, 2012 1:22 pm - With all the bad news written daily, I wanted to highlight a story about an exceptional “feet” — yes, I mean feet — of a nurse in Cancer Services at Northwest Community ...